Culture SaladM Alan Roberts

It's a mixed-up planet we live on. Although I love to spend
time exposing the US government for the corrupted slave ring that it is, I also
have to say that I love the American attitude. The people of America are as cool
as a breeze trough the trees and they all share at least one thing: a unique
sense of belonging to a land that is able to deliver true prosperity and success
to those who are willing to dedicate themselves. If you set innovative goals and
work your plan with diligence, then you will most likely get what you're after
in time. And that is really a special concept.

America is the melting pot of the world - and that is
exactly what makes it so diverse and rich. People from everywhere join here to
make a wonderfully-fresh culture salad. With so many different types of people
sharing the same dreams, it creates a blend that is both healthy and delicious
to contemplate. Thankfully, gone are the days when the white male thought that
he was superior to all others - thankfully, we are finally beginning to emerge
into a more intelligent realm where all people are considered as valid without
thought given to their ethnicity.

Now, wait a minute. I know what you're thinking and you're
correct: there are still factions of haters all around and there always will be.
But this is my party and I am not considering their ignorance at present. I am
trying to be positive for a change -- OK?

It is a prodigious way to experience life -- as a unified
conglomeration of like-minded individuals -- all so very different yet still
linked by certain idealistic commonalities. We are blessed enough to have been
born in this society instead of so many other possibilites. Imagine what your
day might consist of today had you been born in, say, the province of Darfur.
Imagine living where you had to walk the desert sands for miles with weakened
hopes of obtaining just some crushed grain for bread-making - and then having to
heat it on a flat rock in the blistering heat.

There are so many - billions in fact -- that do not even
have electricity on the planet. Their minds would melt upon entering an
air-conditioned supermarket filled with thousands of food choices freely
available. Surely, they would feel as though they had entered Utopia and curse
the situations that they came from. Those are the people that we should consider
and pray for - not our rich, selfish selves.

America is still a country where everyone is free to cross
borders, develop free enterprise, exercise their choice of religion if so
inclined, profess their own ideologies, own land and enjoy a kick-ass NASCAR
race or even some Ultimate Fighting on pay-per-view. No matter how evil the
government is or becomes, we, the people, are still ultimately in control - and
the government knows it. Officials know that if they press us just a bit too
far, we will rise up against them and stomp them into early political graves.
They know that we are what makes them. We are who controls them We are
Americans and we are tolerant until provoked. Then we will dominate with
merciless force.

So, grubstreeters, let's move forward again this month
knowing that things take time to evolve. Let's appreciate the blessings of our
births and never take for granted this great country that we live in. Let's
exercise understanding and compassion while simultaneously abolishing the
ignorance of prejudice. Let's join together and realize the potential for
greatness that we have all been given.

And take it easy on the cheese and dressing: we are all too fat, already.

M Alan Roberts is a radical thinker. He has a gimlet eye for injustice, much as did Frederich Engels, a century and a half before. Still, Roberts finds a way to write effective SEO copy. This suggests both sides of his brain, his mind, work equally well.